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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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